Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury, T in the Park, the Download festival etc....


Anyone going to any of these this year???

I'm off to T in the Paark on the Saturday. Razaorlight and the Killers are headlining-Tje Gossip, Klaxons and The view also playing.....

I REALLY wanted to go to Oxygen or IOW this year but I couldn't get tickets :cry:

none this year, just not possible right now

been the Leeds fest 4 times, totally brilliant every time

Notice how its always called the Reading Festival yet when asked, all the bands much prefer Leeds! and why wouldn't you!

couple of years and i'll be going again, as long as they get some decent bands

PEARL JAM ROCKED! the other year

I think its called Reading Festival because it was Reading for flipping yonks before Leeds got in on the act.


I was hoping that Reading would have a decent lineup this year to make it worth the dosh, but have decided not to bother.

I can't believe how much in demand festivals are these days!

People often seem to get tickets before any lineup is announced. So maybe it's not about the music anymore, more about being at an event? :shrug:

I mean, look at Glastonbury. People had to register before bands were announced. And T In The Park had sold out about a third of its tickets about 6 months ago.

I don't like the idea of having to buy a ticket and then seeing who will be playing. It doesn't seem right.

As for Reading/ Leeds... Leeds is an extension of Reading in many ways, with the same artists playing. Easy to blur the lines in that respect, no-one should develop a chip on their shoulder about it really.

yeah, but all the bands prefer Leeds

and of course, when Guns n Roses did the 'Greatest Hits' tour about 3 years ago

they ONLY went to Leeds! didn't go to Reading!

and they rocked! totally killer!

http://www.carling.com/music/festival/carl...s_festival.html

a few decent bands

The Chilli's, the Pumpkins, NIN, Brand New and Maximo Park

but thats about it

roflmao

oooo you win Stradders, your town is definitely better than my town....

hows your football team doing? ;)

its a city!

and Leeds are shambolic whereas Reading are doing a great job, Steve Coppell is my manager of the season

and Ivar Ingamarrsson, Nicky Shorey and Kevin Doyle have been outstanding

but then you always told me you don't like football

talk about sing your winning Pebs! tut tut

wink!

roflmao roflmao

you know full well I hate footie! I only recognise those players cause a mate of mine made me sit through a match a few weekends back - but I couldnt resist!

Really?? I thought they went on sale 3 days after the line-up was announced-that's when I bought them and it said on the websites that was when they went on sale???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/taysid...ral/5168500.stm

we will stay up strads - keep t'faith ;)

I went ot Glasto once, got sunstroke and hallucinated in a tent for a day due to this and alcohol dehydration. roflmao I wa sin a priviledged position of beign with a trader so we had a powerpoint for a kettle and shared a bog with 60 not 60,000. The bogs swere still minging and nto sure if I coudl cope with not showerign for 4 days and sleeping on a rock again at my age! roflmao

The higlights though were watchign the Shamen with a spliff :D Billy Bragg :wub: , who I was going to marry but some other woman got in there first i think. :Oasis, who I blame for my drunken illness the next day, Gill Scott Heron, the GF of rap, The Charlatans - I cant; remember the rest but I missed Pulpand Jamiroquai -band clash, they have so many stages with miles to walk between with acts running simultaneously. Seeing the sun rise after a niht doing god knows what cos I cannot rememberwas lovely. :D

Have been enjoying glastonbury on, oh the umpteen channels that the beeb are showing it on!!

As far as I can see, it's bbc2, bbc3, bbc4 and bbci! :yikes:

Anyone else watching it on and off? Anyone care?


I'm currently enjoying a CSS live set, which includes a rather fun cover of the L7 classic 'Pretend We're Dead'... yee ha!!!


Oh and a quick reminder that the 7 stages of rock programme is on bbc2 at 9:30 this evening.. this time it's grunge, Nirvana, Pixies Pumpkins, Chillis, etc etc.... :B&B:

I was just watching Bjork petalp :yahoo: :yahoo:

She did Army of me, just genius :bow:

Excellent dl!! :ok:

It was a fantastic set, wasn't it!!! Bjork and her band.. :bow:


Apologies for flooding your inbox with pms about that btw.. I just thought that it looked something that you would enjoy, and am glad that you caught it.. :blush:

I'm really enjoying the set by CSS right now. They have great pop songs and are a lot of fun!!

If you have heard or like any of their songs then I'd definitely recommend their CD.. has great song titles like 'Art Bitch' and 'Music is my hot hot sex', oh and erm 'Meeting Paris Hilton' :rolleyes:

Here's one of their tracks: 'Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agPOt1XZz8

If you have a vague interest in the alt rock/ grunge music of the 90s, check out bbc2 right now.. B)

Looking forward to the Who... :D

Just getting back into it after a 90s nostalgia fest..


Currently enjoying some Manic Street Preachers, even tho I haven't liked anything they've done since the Holy Bible back in 1994!! :lol:

Nicky Wire, you've piled on the weight!! :o

Was nice to see Nina Perssen (singer of the cardigans :wub: ) sing with them on that single 'your love is not enough'

Have also enjoyed:

Arcade Fire
Rufus Wainwright

and Bat For Lashes.. :D

Fantastic album..

Although I never been that much of a Manics fan.. Can't quite see what the fuss was all about with their album late nineties.. Although I forget what it is called.

What happened to the guy who disappeared? Was he ever found?

Also The Who are on at the mo..
I don't wanna possibly drag up old news but wasn't he arrected for *something* I guess he musta been found not guilty otherwise he wouldn't be there.
If he wasn't guilty than it is pretty bad that he can get tarnished with that.. although I guess that is the media for you.

The Who are putting on a good show anyways :D
I wonder how many kids in the crowd know the tunes..

Hey Trisco your faves 'Just Jack are being shown just now..

They are playing stars in your eyes, and eeveryone is wearing shar shaped sunglasses, incl the crowd :)

Feck! managed to get Interactive up just as it went off :(
Although I have noticed Chemical Brothers are playing.. another fave of mine! :D

Cheers PP, I woulda been sat watching the Who otherwise! Good band but not my cup of tea alll in all

Yip, the Holy Bible is great. The later ones everything must go , and this is the truth(?) were pretty erm, ick..

Richey Edwards was the guy that disappeared. He wrote a lot of the lyrics for the Holy Bible..

Pete Townsend was arrested for visiting dodgy websites.. found innocent..

Just in time for my all time fave Chemical Brothers tune too :D
Cheers PP! :ok:

Wish I'd known, I've missed one of my faves of all time! :o

Still on BBC2 SB!

I like Chemical bros. I also liked that collaboration they did with one of the Gallagher Bros, was it Setting Sons or something?

Like the chemical brothers too! :D

so many bands on..

who isn't playing glasto this year?!! :lol:

Setting Sun (I think)

God it's easy to foget tracks that would normally roll off your tongue as you get older isn't it. I've been sat tonight trying to think of a few songs when chatting to a friend and not remembering anything.. :blink:

The Gossip are on now, not heard much from them but I have heard people raving about em.. she's swearing a lot is the first thing I noticed.. lol

It sounded like Depeche Mode to me, that one!!

I love the Chem bros album 'Surrender' with out of control, hey boy hey girl etc..

The BEEBs coverage is really good actually ain't it?

Can't see em putting Wimbledon on BBCi, BBC1, BBC2 and BBC3 though like they have done here!

Cheers, i just checked and am watching. I popped down the pub for a few, had no idea what was going to be on Glasters this year. Coverage has improved, I can select bands form my digital freeview now. I'll look out for that next year. :ok:

It is!

I'm watching the Gossip right now.. that Beth Ditto is some woman!!

I'm impressed that they have shown entire sets from bands, and not just a compliation of appearances.

Hmmm.. this Gossip women seems to have a beef about gay men. :blink:

Fat lesbians are all the same.. :lmaao:

Well I feel a right fool cos I never checked and I hardly watched any of it! :angry: Tbh though I have bene busy with a lot of house move stuff so I did nto want to commit myself to Glasto as well as the tennis, esp as Wimby starts tomorrow and that is distracting enough. :)

i knwo why I am thinking Setting Sons - it's a Jam album! roflmao God I show may age now, the Jam, the Who, old mod he! :D